use strict; use warnings; sub each { warn 'main::each() was called' } sub delete { warn 'main::delete() was called' } sub dump { warn 'main::dump() was called' } sub chop { warn 'main::chop() was called' } sub our { warn 'main::our() was called' } my %person = ( name => 'Ken Takakura' ); while ( my ($key, $val) = each %person ) { print "$key: $val\n"; } &our( $person{name} ); delete $person{name}; chop $person{name}; dump( $person{name} );